Joey Cappelletti

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FILE – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks with former television journalist Gretchen Carlson, not shown, at an event on April 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer privately warns Trump that tariffs could cause severe economic damage in key swing state

By Joey Cappelletti, Josh Boak, and others

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., left, a longtime supporter of cryptocurrency, joined at right by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., discusses legislation in the week ahead that could impact the industry, during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump gathers 11 GOP rebels in Oval Office to save ‘crypto week’ and GENIUS Act

By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks behind his security detail through a crowd of reporters as he tries to push President Donald Trump’s signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts across the finish line even as conservative and moderate GOP holdouts slow that effort, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP can’t pass Trump’s tax bill as holdouts on center and far-right push back in late-night session

By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, and others

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Overnight Senate voting on ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ pushed off after early vote barely passes

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., departs following a classified briefing on President Donald Trump’s directed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last weekend, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

After a dramatic vote, the Senate pushes ahead on Trump’s tax break and spending cut plan

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., arrives for a closed-door Republican meeting to advance President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate eyes key vote on Trump’s tax bill, while Musk calls it ‘utterly insane and destructive’

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee Chairman Sen Bill Hagerty R-Tenn., questions Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins, during a hearing to examine proposed budget estimate for fiscal year 2026 for the SEC, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ce.neta)

Senate passes stablecoin regulation bill without facing elephant in the room: Trump’s crypto empire

By Joey Cappelletti, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others

A cut-out of Trump holds up a bitcoin in front of some data servers

The Senate’s stablecoin legislation is moving just as fast as crypto itself, but it doesn’t address the elephant in the room: Trump’s conflicts of interest

By Joey Cappelletti, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others

Brian Armstrong, left, Co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, and Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Circle, participate in the State of Crypto Summit, in New York, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Senate set to pass bill regulating stablecoins without addressing Trump crypto investments

By Joey Cappelletti, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and President Donald Trump arrive for a House Republican conference meeting, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

CBO says tax breaks in ‘big, beautiful bill’ would increase deficit by $3.8 trillion while Medicaid and other cuts will only shave $1 trillion in spending

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

President Donald Trump, center, surrounded by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., speaks to reporters before a House Republican conference meeting, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump implores GOP to support his ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ but holdouts say ‘no’: ‘We’re still a long ways away’

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

President Donald Trump arrives at a swearing in ceremony for Dr. Mehmet Oz to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump will mark 100 days with Michigan rally—his first since returning to the White House

By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of congress Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Wyandotte, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool)

Democrats slam Trump’s ‘unprecedented giveaway to his billionaire friends’ in response to president’s Congress speech

By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press

Kamala Harris

Harris raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Trump—and is still asking donors for more money

By Bill Barrow, Joey Cappelletti, and others

Eminem raises his fist on stage as Barack Obama claps besides him

Eminem stumps for Kamala Harris at Detroit rally: ‘I don’t think anyone wants an America where people are worried about retribution’

By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press